as a huge fan of art, ive always been fascinated with how a piece is imagined and then created. Norman Rockwell for instance, has some serious stuff! ive been a huge fan of his my whole life but i just could not fathom how he could just paint like that. until one day i found a used $2 normal rockwell book at the library for sale. it wasn’t just his art, it was his process! this changed the way i did everything, because, foolishly, i had never sketched anything out before actually going to the canvas. Rockwell had various intricate studies on composition, color, and shadow. since then, i’ve always made sure to do a study. i can’t believe i was never taught this.
anyhow. the first pic is what i found in my sketchbook the morning after a pretty crazy party. i had no recollection of drawing this! it was a good party! well, i started laughing instantly. and asked my roommate how this appeared in my sketchbook. she told the story and i was so amused i realized i could go much further than batman and spiderman. these compare nothing to rockwells of course, but still i think its cool to see them in scribble form too so off to the sketches!!
studies for super emos cir. 2009
of course there were other characters in there, but you’ll have to wait for series 2 to see those!
hope that was interesting!
j.